Addressing low homeownership rates requires a multi-faceted approach that addresses the various barriers to homeownership such as affordability, access to credit, immigration status and linguistic isolation.

How should we decide the value of art? | KCET

How should we decide the value of art?

Art and artworks occupy a wide range of cultural spaces. From unlawful murals to corporate monuments to metaphysical ruminations, art can be the unshared practice of a solitary creator, a community performance, or a 2x2 canvas of a painter who’s been dead for centuries. The value, monetary or otherwise, that we ascribe to art is as wide-ranging as art practice itself. Even a specific artwork can skyrocket in price with collections and critics behind the artist at the right time.

By introducing prison inmates to everything from drama to dance, the California Arts Council and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation hope to aid rehabilitation, combat recidivism and foster safer conditions behind bars.

In Boyle Heights, the conflict between art spaces and local grassroots organizations has escalated. Residents are bringing into question the direct and indirect complicity of artists and cultural spaces in the displacement of communities.